— St. Paul teams bearing the “Saints” nickname date to 1886. The St. Paul Saints played in the old American Association from 1902-60 and were reborn as a Northern League team in 1993. This will be their seventh season in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. Since 1993, they have played all of their home games at Midway Stadium.

— The Saints’ all-time record is 896-803, a winning percentage of .527.

— The Saints have had five managers: Tim Blackwell, Marty Scott, Doug Sisson, Jimmy Johnson and George Tsamis, the current manager, who is entering his 10th season.

— The Saints have made the playoffs 12 times in their 19 seasons and have gone to league championship series eight times in the Northern League and American Association. They won Northern League titles in 1993, 1995, 1996 and 2004.

— The Saints list their average attendance for regular-season games at 6,001 over their 19 seasons. Including exhibition and postseason games, the team lists its total all-time attendance as 5,306,320.

— In 1993, 67-year-old former major leaguer Minnie Minoso made an appearance with the Saints. In 2003, he returned to the Saints and drew a walk, becoming the only baseball player to appear professionally in seven decades.

— In 1997, the Saints signed Ila Borders, one of the first women to play on a men’s professional baseball team. She played with the Saints for a month before being traded to the Duluth-Superior Dukes. Her season totals: no decisions and a 7.53 earned-run average in 15 appearances. In 1998, pitching for Duluth-Superior, Borders became the first female pitcher to start a minor league baseball game and the first to record a win.

— The Saints were the subject of “Baseball, Minnesota,” an FX television network show that chronicled the 1996 team.

Sources: St. Paul Saints, Pioneer Press research

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